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Signs in Creation

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“We will show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves” (Qur'an 41:53). Rain, a spider's web, a seed, the sea, the shadow on a wall: twelve places to start, each beside the Hebrew Bible, the Gospels and today's science.

Twelve signs

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The scale of it all

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Deep diveWonder, not proofTwelve verses people say “predicted” science, and what they really say.
GalleriesLook closerThe small, the shining and the growing things scripture asks us to see.
WatchThe size of everythingFilms from Earth to the edge of the universe.

Watch the signs

Free documentaries and short films that look closely at creation.

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FreefilmFirst ManA grieving man walks on the Moon and looks back at Earth in silence.2018 · 141 · Damien Chazelle (dir.) · Stream: Amazon Prime Video; Free: YouTube Free; Rent/buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
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Freeshort1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (Ben Kingsley)Ben Kingsley plays al-Jazari in a short family film about the scientists of Muslim civilisation who studied God's creation.2010 · 13:18 · 1001 Inventions
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FreedocuseriesOur Planet (full episodes free on YouTube)The whole living planet in eight episodes, free to watch, every frame a reason to say 'subhan Allah'.2019 · 8 x ~50 min · Silverback Films with WWF for Netflix; narr. Dav
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FreeYouTube videoOur Planet: Humpback Whales (clip)Whales sing songs that travel across whole oceans - a sign tile that needs no words.2019 · 4:10 · Netflix
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FreedocuseriesPlanet Earth IIIThe newest landmark series shows life still finding a way in every corner of the Earth.2023 · 8 x 60 min · BBC Studios Natural History Unit; narr. David At · BBC iPlayer (free with TV licence); Sky Go
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FreedocuseriesBlue Planet IIThe ocean's darkness and light - the Qur'an's 'darkness upon darkness' in the deep sea, filmed for the first time.2017 · 7 x 60 min · BBC Natural History Unit; narr. David Attenborou · BBC iPlayer (free with TV licence); buy Apple TV, Amazon
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FreedocuseriesSeven Worlds, One PlanetOne episode per continent: seven worlds, each with its own creatures, all on one planet.2019 · 7 x 58 min · BBC Natural History Unit; narr. David Attenborou · BBC iPlayer, UKTV Play (free); Sky Go
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FreedocuseriesThe Green PlanetTime-lapse brings plants to life - seeds splitting, vines reaching, forests breathing.2022 · 5 x 60 min · BBC Studios Natural History Unit; narr. David At · BBC iPlayer (free); Sky Go
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FreeYouTube videoAttenborough's lesson on seeds (The Green Planet clip)A tiny seed holds a whole tree - three minutes that make Qur'an 6:95 visible.2022 · 3:17 · BBC Earth
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FreedocuseriesFrozen Planet IIIce, snow and the creatures that survive the coldest places on Earth.2022 · 6 x 60 min · BBC Studios Natural History Unit; narr. David At · BBC iPlayer (free); Sky Go
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FreedocuseriesA Perfect PlanetVolcanoes, sun, weather and ocean currents - the forces that make Earth exactly right for life.2021 · 5 x 44 min · Silverback Films for BBC; narr. David Attenborou · BBC iPlayer (free); buy Apple TV, Amazon
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FreedocuseriesWonders of Life (Brian Cox)What is life? Cox goes looking for the spark that makes stuff alive.2013 · 5 x 59 min · BBC Science; presenter Brian Cox · BBC iPlayer (free)
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FreedocuseriesUniverse (Brian Cox)The life story of the cosmos, from the first stars to its far future.2021 · 5 x 60 min · BBC Studios Science Unit; presenter Brian Cox · BBC iPlayer (free); buy Apple TV, Amazon
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FreeYouTube videoThe Waggle Dance (Inside the Animal Mind, BBC Earth)Bees dance to tell each other where the flowers are - the Qur'an says the bee was 'inspired'.2014 · 2:39 · BBC Earth
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FreeYouTube videoLeaf-cutter ants (BBC Earth)Ants that farm their own food - a whole society in a mound of earth.2011 · 2:17 · BBC Earth
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FreeYouTube videoSpider web build time-lapse (BBC Earth)A spider spins an engineering marvel overnight - yet the Qur'an calls it the frailest of houses.2015 · 4:37 · BBC Earth
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FreeYouTube videoTen million starlings (Superswarm, BBC Earth)Millions of birds move as one without a leader - who holds them up?2017 · 5:43 · BBC Earth
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FreeYouTube videoEarthflight: barn swallows drinking on the wing (BBC)Swallows sip water in mid-flight on journeys across continents.2011 · 1:47 · BBC
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FreeYouTube videoWebb's first full-colour images explained (NASA Science Live)The deepest views of the universe ever taken, explained by the people who made them.2022 · 52:42 · NASA
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FreeYouTube videoHubble Legacy Field zoom-out (NASA)Every dot is a galaxy - fifty seconds that change how big you think the universe is.2019 · 0:50 · NASA Video
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Worth paying for

subscriptionfilmAvatarA living world where every creature is connected, and seeing someone is a kind of love.2009 · 162 · James Cameron (dir.); Lightstorm · Stream: Disney Plus; Rent/buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
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subscriptionfilmThe MartianStranded on Mars, one man survives by reading the rules built into creation.2015 · 141 · Ridley Scott (dir.) · Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Disney Plus, Apple TV Amazon Channel; Rent/buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
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subscriptionfilmSunshineA crew flies toward the Sun and is overwhelmed by light: British sci-fi about awe.2007 · 108 · Danny Boyle (dir.), Alex Garland (writer); DNA F · Stream: Disney Plus; Rent/buy: Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, YouTube, Sky Store
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paiddocuseriesPlanet Earth IIMountains, jungles, deserts and cities filmed as never before - the planet as a gallery of its Maker's art.2016 · 6 x 50 min · BBC Natural History Unit; narr. David Attenborou · Sky Go; buy Amazon
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paiddocuseriesPlanet Earth (2006)The series that changed nature filmmaking - still the best single introduction to the variety of creation.2006 · 11 x 50 min · BBC Natural History Unit; narr. David Attenborou · Sky Go; buy Apple TV, Sky Store
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not currently availabledocuseriesHuman PlanetPeople living in harmony with desert, ice, ocean and jungle - humans as guardians of creation.2011 · 8 x 60 min · BBC Natural History Unit with Discovery; narr. J · Not on UK services per ScreenSearch; DVD
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paiddocuseriesCosmos: A Spacetime OdysseyA journey from the Big Bang to the atoms in our bodies, told with real awe at how vast it all is.2014 · 13 x 44 min · Fuzzy Door / Cosmos Studios for Fox and National · Buy Amazon, Sky Store
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paiddocuseriesWonders of the Universe (Brian Cox)Brian Cox explains light, time and stardust - we are made of the dust of stars.2011 · 4 x 60 min · BBC Science with Science Channel; presenter Bria · Buy Apple TV, Amazon, Sky Store
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paiddocuseriesWonders of the Solar System (Brian Cox)Sun, moon and planets each running their course - order you can see from your back garden.2010 · 5 x 60 min · BBC Science; presenter Brian Cox · Buy Apple TV, Amazon, Sky Store
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paiddocuseriesOne Strange RockAstronauts describe the Earth from orbit - how fragile and finely balanced our home is.2018 · 10 x 47 min · Nutopia and Protozoa Pictures for National Geogr · Disney+ (stream); buy Apple TV, Amazon
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paiddocumentaryOcean with David AttenboroughAttenborough, at 99, on why the ocean matters most - wonder that turns into care.2025 · 85 min · Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios for Nat · Disney+ (stream); rent/buy Apple TV, Amazon, Rakuten, Sky Store
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paiddocumentaryMy Octopus TeacherA man befriends an octopus in a kelp forest and learns to see the world as full of intelligence and gentleness.2020 · 85 min · Sea Change Project; dirs Pippa Ehrlich and James · Netflix (stream)
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paiddocumentaryHoneylandA Muslim beekeeper in North Macedonia takes only half the honey: 'half for me, half for the bees.'2019 · 89 min · Trice Films / Apolo Media; dirs Tamara Kotevska · Rent/buy Apple TV, Amazon, Rakuten, Sky Store, BFI Player, YouTube
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not currently availabledocumentaryMicrocosmosA meadow seen from an insect's height - ladybirds, snails and raindrops as huge as boulders.1996 · 80 min · Galatée Films; dirs Claude Nuridsany and Marie P · Not on UK services per ScreenSearch
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